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The online musings from pastors, theologians and laity that will help you see the world from a Lutheran perspective.
On ‘The Machine Stops’: ‘You Are Beginning to Worship the Machine’
Through adoration, acedia and atrophy, Forster perceives how the machine age exerts power over our relationships, our religion, our reality, and even our bodies.
Joshua Pauling
August 11, 2026
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The Cover We Didn’t Choose
Rachel Bomberger
As Lutherans, we believe “that God has made me and all creatures; that He has given me my body and soul, eyes, ears, and all ...
The River and the Vessel: Transmitting Faith from Generation to Generation
Samuel Deressa
The Gospel of Jesus Christ is not a Western export, nor an African possession, nor an American commodity. It is a divine proclamation that transcends ...
The Church Cannot Remain Silent on Cohabitation
Timothy S. Goeglein
As Lutherans, we need to resist making moral compromises ourselves and actively encourage our young people not to make them, either. When the church gets ...
2026 LW Summer Reading Roundup
Rachel Bomberger, Cheryl Magness and Mary Henrichs
Writers and editors of The Lutheran Witness share the books they're excited about this summer.
We Do So Need Our Mothers: On ‘Peter Pan’
Rachel Bomberger
The true beauty of "Peter Pan" is a mother's love.
On ‘Hamlet’: What It Means ‘To Be’
Mary Henrichs
Shakespeare's "Hamlet" invites audiences to contemplate what it means to truly "be."








